Child Rights Violation Cases - Page 29

Reconciliation Between Family Of Murdered Maid, Main Accused

KARACHI: In a shocking development, the family of Fatima Furiro, a minor girl found dead under suspicious circumstances at the Haveli of the influential Pir of Ranipur last year, has reconciled with the main accused, Asad Shah Jeelani. Adding to this, other eyewitnesses and close relatives of Fatima Furiro have also cleared all accused persons, including Asad Shah, his wife…

13,000 non-performing schools to be given to NGOs in Punjab

In the name of bringing reforms, the Maryam Nawaz-led provincial government is going to hand over 13,000 non-performing public schools of the province to non-government organisations (NGOs), Dawn learnt on 3rd April 2024. The chief minister presided over a meeting to review the School Education Reforms Programme and decided to…

Five Girls Raped At School In Gujranwala

GUJRAT: In a shocking incident, the case of rape of at least…

IHC Judgement on Child Custody

This case involves the future of a young girl (Meher Fatima) who…

Bodies Of Tortured Woman, Minor Girl Found

KARACHI: A young woman and minor girl were found murdered in Korangi on 24 July, police and rescuers said. They added that the bodies of the 30-year-old woman and five-year-old girl were recovered from a garbage dump on Korangi Causeway. The bodies were shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre…

Man Held For Raping Minor Boy

Rawalpindi. Police claim to have arrested a man for allegedly raping a nine-year-old boy in Gujar Khan area and booked him in a case. According to the police, the boy’s father filed a complaint that his boy went to play a video game in a local shop but came home…

Girls School Blown Up in Waziristan

MIRANSHAH: Suspected militants destroyed a portion of a government-run girls’ school in a village of Mir Ali tehsil in North Waziristan tribal district, local police said on 22 July. They said that militants had planted explosives in the Government Girls Middle School in Zairki village and triggered a blast with…

Polio Paralyses Two Kids in KP, Balochistan

A child in Zhob district of Balochistan whose parents had refused to get him vaccinated against polio, bringing the total number of polio cases in 2024 to nine in Pakistan, Pakistan’s Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) officials said on 20 July 2024. “An 18-month-old male child from Union Council Hassan Zai…

HRCP Session Suggests Ways To Protect Children From Sexual Abuse

HYDERABAD: HRCP Coordinator for Hyderabad Ghufrana Arian, while opening a session on 19 July, said that 40 incidents of sexual assaults on children have been reported in Sindh in the last three months, and victims include 15 minor girls and 25 minor boys. Talking to the participants of the meeting,…

Man Held For Attempting To Assault Minor Girl in Malir

Police on Saturday apprehended a man accused of attempting to assault a child in Sherpao Colony, located within the jurisdiction of the Quiadabad police station in District Malir. The incident came to light when a minor girl was found in a gunny bag. Police responded, managing to arrest the suspect,…

Poliovirus Cripples Another Child in Balochistan

ISLAMABAD: Another child has been paralyzed by polio in the Zhob district of Balochistan, bringing this year’s total number of polio cases to nine. Additionally, sewage samples from one new district, Hangu, and six previously infected districts have tested positive for wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1). With the latest addition,…

Indian Woman Seeks Custody Of Her Sons From Pakistani Husband

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on 19 July 2024 heard a petition of an Indian Muslim woman seeking custody of her two minor sons from the alleged illegal custody of their Pakistani father. Petitioner Farzana Begum appeared before the court along with her lawyer Bushra Qamar. The lawyer told the…

Man Kills Wife, Daughter Over Domestic Issue

LAHORE: A man stabbed to death his wife and teenage daughter in the Defence locality on 19 July 2024. Mohabat Khan reportedly was annoyed at a domestic dispute and killed his 18-year-old daughter Samiya and 45-year-old wife Shahnaz with a knife. Noticing the screams, locals of Alfalah Town alerted police…

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Two Of Five Children Die After Falling Into Manhole

Two children died after falling into an uncovered manhole in District Malir’s Memon Goth on 17 July 2024, while three others were rescued in an unconscious state. The children had set up a Sabeel in the Khosa Goth area of Memon Goth for Ashura. The manhole’s cover was already fragile,…